Browsing Environment (Faculty of) by Title
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Exploring the Feasibility of Enhancing Indigenous Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Communities for Sustainable Soybean Production in northern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-31)Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi have been widely recognized as a promising approach to attain sustainability in the agricultural industry. These fungi have been known to offer numerous benefits to crops and have been ... -
Exploring the impact of the pedestrian environment on public transportation: A case study of Waterloo Region
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-11)In planning communities with balanced transportation options that were once defined by the personal vehicle a comprehensive understanding multi-modal relationships in transportation is required. Public transportation ... -
Exploring the Implementation Potential of a Proposed Water Ethic: A Canadian Case Study into Underlying Ethical Considerations for Water Resources Management
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)Ideas about water use and ethics have been linked for many thousands of years. In this millennium, water resources remain a primary area of concern throughout the world, including such issues as shortages, supply, flooding, ... -
Exploring the Importance of Saproxylic Beetles (Coleoptera) as Indicators of Forest Biodiversity and Available Resources in Kitchener, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-23)Across North America insects have generally taken a backseat to more conspicuous animals (e.g. birds, mammals) and are not regularly monitored by ecosystem managers. They commonly enter the spotlight when an insect is an ... -
Exploring the Influences of Institutions on Water Governance and Management: A First Nation Case Study
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-20)Water is vital for the lives of First Nations people, but many First Nations’ communities are persistently dealing with unsafe drinking water. Over the years studies have repeatedly conveyed the deplorable drinking water ... -
Exploring the Interconnectedness between Work hours, Income Inadequacy, Time Adequacy, Leisure Time and Wellbeing within the Context of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing: A Case study of Victoria, British Columbia
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-28)Sustainability has consistently been linked to the wellbeing of the economy, society, and the environment. It has been viewed as a framework, which focuses on the interconnectedness of different systems, and activities ... -
Exploring the Linkages Between Planning and the Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation in Caribbean Small Island Developing States
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-14)The IPCC Fifth Assessment Report indicates that Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Furthermore, there is a considerable adaptation deficit in SIDS which must be ... -
Exploring the possibility of transforming food crops for salinity tolerance using the TMT gene encoding thiol methyltransferase enzyme
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)Soil salinity is a serious environmental stress threatening productivity of major crops worldwide. Among the various biotic and abiotic strategies that exist, transgenic technologies provide a promising avenue to reduce ... -
Exploring the Potential Application of Brownfield Redevelopment in Dalian, China, Based on Municipal Experiences in Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-13)This study explores the potential of applying Canadian experiences of brownfield redevelopment to Chinese practices by investigating three cases: City of Kitchener, City of Hamilton and City of Dalian. Data collection ... -
Exploring the relationship between transit-induced intensification and retail gentrification in a mid-sized Canadian city
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-20)Over the last two decades, the back-to-the-city movement and a shift in planning ideals towards intensification have spurred a renewed interest in rapid transit systems. Modern rapid transit systems are predominantly ... -
Exploring the role of a health system navigator to support chronically ill older adults through health care transitions
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-30)Poorly executed transitions between health care settings can lead to poor outcomes and greater use of health care resources for older adults. Older adults with complex needs often receive care from many health care providers ... -
Exploring the role of governance in supporting urban green infrastructure for sustainability transitions
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)Green infrastructure development in urban areas may be enhanced by governing processes that are collaborative, action-oriented, and strategically organized. Past literature has provided evidence on the performance, purpose, ... -
Exploring the Social, Environmental and Economic Aspects of Trail Surfacing Decisions
(University of Waterloo, 2002)Visitor activities in parks often have a heavy impact on the soil, vegetation, water and wildlife. In front country areas, the most extreme damage is concentrated on and adjacent to recreational trails. Aside from ... -
Exploring the Tourism Development Trajectory in a Post-colonial Region Through the Lens of Evolutionary Economic Geography: The Case of Central Region of Ghana
(University of Waterloo, 2022-07-12)Over the past decade, geographers have used an evolutionary approach to understand how path-dependent resource communities in the global north diversify by adding new tourism trajectories (e.g. Brouder, 2017; Mitchell and ... -
Exploring the use of MODIS forest transmissivity for correcting passive microwave observation of snow-covered terrain/landscape
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-30)Snow is one of the most important parts in Earth’s hydrologic cycle especially at high latitude. Observation of snow accumulation by passive microwave measurements is an effective way for estimating snow mass at the regional ... -
Exploring the Use of Remote Sensing CO2 Data to Measure the CO2 Concentration Enhancements Caused by Coal-fired Power Plants
(University of Waterloo, 2014-10-24)Ontario’s power generation system is undergoing significant changes towards a modern and sustainable electricity system. One significant objective for the planned system transition is to reduce CO2 emissions. CO2 emissions ... -
Exploring Usage of the Word "Values": Implications and Opportunities for Planning
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Explicitly and implicitly, planners make choices about values and use values to make choices. Values are presented as reasons to do and not to do in setting goals and during participatory planning processes, cited in ... -
Exploring, Understanding, and Determining the Quality of Plan Monitoring and Evaluation in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-28)Planning takes place in the context of diverse stakeholder interests and complex decision-making processes. Planning activities are often complicated by a range of factors: increasing pressure on municipalities with ageing ... -
Extension of geopolitical supply risk methodology: Characterization model applied to conventional and electric vehicles
(Elsevier, 2017-09-20)The diversity of materials employed in modern products and the complexity of globalized supply chains raise the importance of assessing supply risk of commodity inputs to product systems. Therefore, this article extends ... -
An Extensive Green Bond Market Analysis from 2015 to 2021
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-13)Climate change is indubitably one of the biggest challenges for humanity in the coming decades. While the interest in solving this problem has been increasing recently, the window to minimize the temperature increase to ...